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TPIR/MDS suggestion
inturnaround:
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 05:20 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Nov 10 2003, 10:28 AM\']All things being equal, I'd rather that the US Treasury spend the tax dollars that I pay to support it on something other than self-promotion on a game show.[/quote]
How does TPIR giving away $5,000 worth of nickels cost the government money?
The problem is, the prize would have to be awarded in nickels. What is a contestant going to do with 100,000 nickels? How are they going to be delivered to the contestant and once delivered, how is the contestant going to lug them around? Why does a new coin need to be "promoted" in the first place? [/quote]
Huh? Of course they would give the contestant a check and presumably he or she could convert that check into as many nickels as they want.
Also, the Treasury mention would be paid for by the government...so that's how it would cost them money.
(By the by, the new $20 having problems with vending machines is nothing new. The last redesign of the $20 about 5 years ago had the same problem. The public somehow managed to make it through the crisis)
chris319:
--- Quote ---Huh? Of course they would give the contestant a check and presumably he or she could convert that check into as many nickels as they want.
--- End quote ---
No, if you announce that you're awarding a contestant 100,000 nickels, nickels are what they get. If you award a contestant a car with air conditioning and California emission, air conditioning and California emission are what they get. If you're just going to award $5,000 in the form of a check, what's the point of bringing nickels into the picture?
chris319:
--- Quote --- Why would TPiR do that promotion without some sort of renumeration from the Treasury?
--- End quote ---
Um, well could it be because the government doesn't sell currency the way Libman sells mops? Could it be that the government doesn't advertise currency? Could it be that the idea is to promote the new currency as a public service rather than to accept a fee for advertising a product that is sold for profit?
cyberjoek:
1. To cover part of the cost from our friends at the Treasery
2. So on AFHV when they were doing their whole $20 bill thing they had to give the twenties?
3. Doesn't CBS say that they have the right to substitue prizes of "equal or greater value" in the wavers?
-Joe Kavanagh
inturnaround:
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 11 2003, 10:25 PM\']
--- Quote ---Huh? Of course they would give the contestant a check and presumably he or she could convert that check into as many nickels as they want.
--- End quote ---
No, if you announce that you're awarding a contestant 100,000 nickels, nickels are what they get. If you award a contestant a car with air conditioning and California emission, air conditioning and California emission are what they get. If you're just going to award $5,000 in the form of a check, what's the point of bringing nickels into the picture? [/quote]
Yeah, but few game shows say you will win a check, but, of course, you do.
There are weasel ways of doing it, anyway. You say "You can win 100,000 nickels...that's right....5 THOUSAND DOLLARS!" go on and do your hypothetical nickel promo and still be able to cut a check for 5K.
(Did WinTuition actually give the quarters as change or was it converted into a check?)
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